KUCHING, April 19 (Bernama) -- A serious case of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) has been reported in the last 24 hours in Sarawak but overall. the number of cases continued with its downward trend.
Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Dr George Chan said there was one serious case involving a four-year-old Iban boy warded in the Bintulu Hospital but had been transferred to the Miri Hospital.
"However, he has improved and is in stable condition," he said, adding that as at 10am Wednesday a total of 39 new HFMD cases had been reported compared with 55 new cases yesterday, with eight new hospital admissions.
"There are 8,679 cumulative cases with the highest number of new cases from Miri, followed by Kuching and Kota Samarahan," he said in a statement here.
The disease has claimed nine lives so far.
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